Srinagar: During the last 24 hours, two Indian army soldiers committed suicide in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, triggering a debate on the mental health issues among the soldiers in conflict-ridden areas. “Birender Sinha (24) of 30RR shot himself dead with his service rifle at around 06.45 hours on Wednesday. He was on duty at HQ […]
Handwara: Expressing deep concern over committing of suicide by two soldiers in Langate and Lolab during last two days, MLA Langate Er. Rasheed said that the unfortunate incidents have unmasked the stress levels among soldiers while serving in violence hit Kashmir. “Both the incidents should open the eyes of hate mongers and war propagandists all […]
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has asked the home ministry to check the “disturbing” trend of local youths in Jammu and Kashmir joining militancy and “choke” the financing and supply of arms to militant outfits. The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, headed by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, also observed that there is […]
JAMMU: Governor N.N. Vohra on Thursday told the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to ensure early conduct of local body polls. “Governor discussed with Chief Minister issues relating to the now very long pending elections to Urban Local Bodies and the recently deferred elections to Panchayats,” a Rajbhawan spokesman said after the meeting between the two. […]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that his party’s hard-work in Jammu and Kashmir have been ruined by bad political decision in recent years. The Congress President targeted the BJP for its bad political decision taken in the state. The BJP is in alliance with Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. […]
Srinagar: Two cops including a sub-inspector were detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Crime branch for their alleged involvement in the destruction of evidence in rape and murder case of Asifa, an 8-year old tribal girl, in Kathua district. According to a report by New Delhi based private news channel, Hawaldar Tilak Raj, posted at […]
Jammu: Police on Thursday baton-charged and tear-gassed protesters during a march taken out by the Dogra community demanding a CBI probe into the rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. Several people were injured in the police action and the clashes that followed on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Chadwal area. […]
Srinagar: On International Women’s Day, several events were organized across the country, in the same context the biggest event in the State was held at GHSS Kothibagh Srinagar which was organized by the mutual collaboration of Directorate of School Education Kashmir and State Women’s Commission. Chairman of State Women’s Commission, Nayeema Mehjoor was the Chief […]
Srinagar: Opposition National Conference (NC) on Thursday said it had become clear beyond an iota of doubt that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was preparing an excuse to hand over the brutal and barbaric Kathua rape and murder case to the CBI. “This is being done as per the demand of her party’s alliance partner, the […]
Jammu: Secretary Education Farooq Ahmad Shah Thursday in a High Level meeting in the winter capital, Jammu at Civil Secretariat took review of the functioning of the Education Department in Kulgam Constituency. MLA Kulgam, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami was also present in the meeting who appraised Secretary Education about the various matters regarding the Department of […]